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Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation Requirement: None
Level: Basic
CPE Credit: 12 Hrs. Accounting
Price without printed book: $117.00
Price with printed book: $137.00 plus s/h
Course expiration: You have one year from date of purchase to complete the course.
Course Description:
Specialized Industry GAAP discusses all of the important authoritative pronouncements on GAAP for specialized industries such as banking, cable television, computer software, franchising, insurance, motion picture, record and music, government contracts, oil- and gas-producing, real estate, not-for-profit, finance, and mortgage banking. The GAAP pronouncements include Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) statements, interpretations, technical bulletins, and concepts as well as the unsuperceded GAAP of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). The GAAP pronouncements include statements of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), referred to as SFAS throughout the course, interpretations, technical bulletins, and statements of financial accounting concepts (SFAC) as well as the unsuperceded GAAP of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).
About the Author
Dr. Jae K. Shim is one of the most prolific accounting and finance experts in the world. He is a professor of accounting and finance at California State Univ., Long Beach and CEO of Delta Consulting Co., a financial consulting and training firm. Dr. Shim received his MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Univ. of California at Berkeley (Haas School of Business). Dr. Shim has been a consultant to commercial and nonprofit organizations for over 30 years.
Dr. Shim has over 50 college and professional books to his credit, including 2003 US Master Finance Guide, Barron’s Accounting Handbook, Barron’s Dictionary of Accounting Terms, GAAP 2003, Dictionary of Personal Finance, Investment Sourcebook, Dictionary of Real Estate, Dictionary of Economics, Dictionary of International Investment Terms, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting and Finance, Corporate Controller’s Handbook of Financial Management, The Vest-Pocket CPA, The Vest-Pocket CFO, and the best-selling Vest-Pocket MBA. Professor Shim's books have been published by Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, Barron's, Commercial Clearing House (CCH), Southwestern, John Wiley, American Management Association (Amacom), and the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).
Dr. Shim has been frequently quoted by such media as the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Business Start-ups, Personal Finance, and Money Radio . Dr. Shim has also published numerous articles in professional and academic journals. He was the recipient of the Credit Research Foundation Award for his article on cash flow forecasting and financial modeling.